故事围绕一个圣诞节蛋糕展开,讲述了战争年代天主教女子学院里人性的纯真、贪婪和幻想。“pupil”一词来源于拉丁语“pupilla”,即小女孩。
故事发生在圣诞节前夕,母亲的健康突然出状况,让四名成年子女和他们令人头痛的父亲慌了手脚,面对可能即将发生的失去,家庭气氛也混乱失衡。但聪明的母亲六月处变不惊,以犀利的幽默、坦率的态度和丰沛的爱,安排好自己的人生谢幕。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.